This year's Super Bowl may need didn't live as much as the expectancies of all however the Seattle faithful, however the Sunday Million that ran simultaneously here at PokerStars was anything but a disappointment. That was very true for one player who had cashed within the tournament again and again within the past, including a few deep runs, without making it so far as the overall table.
The big game stole away a couple of hundred players to go away this week's field at 7,709, down somewhat from the previous couple of weeks, but that was still enough to construct a prize pool of $1.54 million and leave greater than $231K on the end for the winner. It took 12 hours and nine minutes for the sector to shrink to only the nine finalists, playing at the 100K/200K/20K level:
Seat 1: jl slz (5,989,082 in chips)
Seat 2: Sytraxx (12,918,113 in chips)
Seat 3: R0bbed0es (2,674,940 in chips)
Seat 4: IMS DURNK (9,207,980 in chips)
Seat 5: rava123 (6,734,592 in chips)
Seat 6: Odintsov Spb (13,118,290 in chips)
Seat 7: fullhouseiii (13,169,097 in chips)
Seat 8: rorschach550 (2,170,026 in chips)
Seat 9: ArtemZ (11,107,880 in chips)
A sleepy start
The stacks ranged from 65 big blinds on the top to ten on the bottom, broken into three clear tiers: four players within the lead with no less than 55 big blinds, three with between 30 and 46 big blinds, and two with 13 big blinds or less. With the jump from 9th place to 7th popping out to nearly $19,000 there wasn't much incentive for the medium stacks to get overinvolved with no strong hand. The quick stacks had slightly weaker standards but would still want something substantial to move all-in with. That left the large stacks to run the show.
Of the primary 10 hands on the final table, just one saw the river and just one more saw the turn. The pots stayed mostly below 10 big blinds until Hand #11 saw two of the top-tier stacks visit battle. IMS DURNK from Finland opened for a minimum raise to 500K in second position, holding A♣ K♣. Norway's fullhouseiii called within the hijack before ArtemZ from the Ukraine re-raised to 1.55M. That cleared out the blinds and put the action back on IMS DURNK, who thought briefly before jamming for 8.82M. fullhouseiii folded and ArtemZ called with J♦ J♥. The jacks were only good until the 2♦ 6♣ K♦ flop, and after the Q♣ turn and 5♦ river IMS DURNK was the brand new chip leader with 18.74M, just over 93 big blinds.
Ice broken
That monster pot served because the icebreaker for the table, which soon saw short stacks start to double up with regularity. The following hand saw rorschach550 from the uk double during the Netherlands' Sytraxx, shoving for 2.8M with 4♥ 4♠ and having the pair delay against the A♠ Q♥ of Dutch player Sytraxx. Hand #13 kept the fashion going as ArtemZ clawed back a few of those lost chips from two hands earlier, three-betting all-in for 2.11M with A♣ T♠ and winning against fullhouseiii's 8♣ 7♣ without improving at the 2♠ 4♣ 3♥ J♠ 4♥ board. And to be had #20 R0bbed0es from the Netherlands moved in for 1.52M under the gun with Q♠ T♥, which paired at the turn of a 6♠ 4♣ 7♠ T♦ 4♥ board to overcome Sytraxx's A♣ 2♣.
The table was still full after two full orbits, and the following 15 hands were mostly raise-and-take-it poker with the occasional three-bet from a large stack like IMS DURNK or Russia's Odintsov Spb, or a pot won with a continuation bet at the flop. Hand #36 saw ArtemZ double again, this time to 7.96M by cracking Sytraxx's J♣ J♠ with A♠ T♦, but then the table fell back right into a passive default stance because the blinds and antes reached 200K/400K/40K.
It wasn't until Hand #55 that the long look ahead to an elimination would end. IMS DURNK picked up A♣ A♥ and opened for a minimum raise of 800K and was the one caller after rorschach550 three-bet all-in for 1.64M at the button. The united kingdom.. player's A♠ J♠ paired at the 8♥ J♥ 9♦ flop but improved no further at the K♠ turn or 6♦ river, leaving the tournament in 9th place ($11,948.95).
Just two hands later Brazil's jl slz will be the next short stack to place all of it at the line, jamming for 3.81M at the button excessive of Odintov Spb's 800K opener. The Russian called with Q♦ Q♥ and was a favourite to win against A♣ J♥ throughout the 4♦ 3♣ 8♠ flop and 5♠ turn, but jl slz got there the hard way with a 2♣ at the river to win the 8.54M-chip pot. That left Sytraxx because the short stack, and the Dutch player moved in for 3.1M from the button available #66 with A♦ Q♠. R0bbed0es matched that bet with A♠ K♦, which held up at the K♠ 5♥ 4♣ J♣ 4♦ board to knock Sytraxx out in 8th place ($17,730.70).
Hand #73 saw IMS DURNK get entangled within the second monster pot of the overall table, this time at the other end of the proceedings:
A new leader, and IMS DURNK takes the great distance home
With that, fullhouseiii took over the lead and the brand new chip counts appeared like this:
Seat 1: jl slz (10,188,164 in chips)
Seat 3: R0bbed0es (7,660,727 in chips)
Seat 4: IMS DURNK (14,254,315 in chips)
Seat 5: rava123 (2,699,592 in chips)
Seat 6: Odintsov Spb (16,544,208 in chips)
Seat 7: fullhouseiii (19,883,394 in chips)
Seat 9: ArtemZ (5,859,600 in chips)
Blinds and antes were now as much as 250K/500K/50K. fullhouseiii pulled further ahead five hands later by picking off a river bluff from Odintsov Spb while holding just third pair on a 6♦ Q♥ 3♣ 8♦ T♠. That took down a 9.1M-chip pot and dropped Odintsov Spb back into the center of the pack. Then IMS DURNK picked up some lost chips after raising the minimum to 1M at the button with Q♥ 5♦. Estonia's rava123 moved in for 109K more with T♣ 9♥ but lost out to trip fives at the 5♥ 2♣ 6♦ 5♠ 8♥ board to complete in 7th place ($30,836).
ArtemZ was now at the bubble and the Ukrainian player was prepared to scrap for each last chip. A blind-versus-blind win with A♣ 6♣ against fullhouseiii's K♣ 5♦ available #88 gave ArtemZ 7.43M chips to work with, only some big blinds sooner than short-stacked R0bbed0es. But IMS DURNK will be the next one at the bubble after losing a huge pot to be had #94. The Norwegian, holding Q♦ Q♥, opened for a minimum raise to 1M within the cutoff and called for 8.32M more after Odintov Spb jammed at the button. The Russian showed K♣ J♠ and jumped ahead with two pair at the K♥ 9♥ J♥ flop. IMS DURNK had outs to a straight, a flush, and a set, however the 8♦ turn and 2♦ river were blanks and Odintsov Spb won the 19.69M chips within the middle.
Now left with just two big blinds, IMS DURNK needed some big help from the deck - and got it, starting to be had #96:
Two hands later IMS DURNK picked up K♣ K♦ and doubled through jl slz's A♥ T♥ to stack as much as 8.45M. And to be had #104 the Norwegian got back to the center of the pack way to another pocket pair. The action at the hand opened with a minimum raise to 1.2M from fullhouseiii under the gun. ArtemZ shoved for 5.94M within the hijack seat, and the IMS DURNK moved in for 7.5M within the small blind, adequate to scare everyone else out of the pot. That left ArtemZ's A♠ 6♠ up against Q♦ Q♥, which proved a role too great after the board came 8♦ 9♥ 8♠ 2♥ 4♣, sending ArtemZ to the rail in 6th place ($46,254).
Odintsov Spb moved back into the lead available #112, after raising to 1.2M before the A♣ T♥ 7♠ flop and leading for 2.1M both there and at the A♥ turn. fullhouseiii called all three of these bets and bet 3.46M into the 10.2M-chip pot at the 4♦ river, but could only show Q♠ T♣ when Odintsov Spb called. Q♣ Q♥ was good for a pot of 17.13M, which gave the Russian a complete stack of 32.23M. fullhouseiii got the last two streets' worth of chips back just three hands later after three-betting to 4.8M with A♥ 7♥ within the big blind. Original raiser R0bbed0es called all-in with K♠ J♥ but couldn't hook up with the A♠ 4♦ 5♦ 4♥ T♦ board, leaving in 5th place ($77,706.72).
The attention was now on IMS DURNK, who had navigated back from the edge of elimination, and jl slz, who had enjoyed few opportunities to transport ahead within the final table thus far. Both players had lower than 10 million chips, and with the blinds and antes as much as 400K/800K/80K there has been great pressure on them to seek out the way to survive. The following 21 hands glided by without either making up significant ground or dropping too far behind, however the last three of these were won by IMS DURNK to transport 6.6M sooner than jl slz. Thus the Brazilian player was feeling the pressure while sitting within the small blind with A♠ 8♥ available #137. An all-in move of 7.29M followed Odintsov Spb's opening min-raise of 1.6M, putting the Brazilian up against A♥ Q♠. The board ran out Q♥ 6♦ 2♠ 9♥ 5♥, the favourite won with a couple of queens, and jl slz finished the tournament in 4th place ($77,706.72).
The home stretch
The last three players were now stacked like so:
Seat 4: IMS DURNK (11,151,498 in chips)
Seat 6: Odintsov Spb (47,520,654 in chips)
Seat 7: fullhouseiii (18,417,848 in chips)
They agreed to have a look at numbers for a possible deal, but neither of the quick stacks was willing to budge up to Odintsov Spb wanted over ICM. Once play resumed either one of them started to attack the Russian player's stack, winning eight of the following 10 pots between them. That included a large double-up for IMS DURNK with A♦ Q♣ after opening for a minimum raise at the button and being moved all-in by Odintsov Spb within the small blind with A♣ 7♦. The friendly T♦ 5♠ 8♠ K♠ 8♣ board gave IMS DURNK the 26.06M-chip pot and a lifeline back into the match. Then the Finnish player capped off a remarkable comeback by retaking the lead with an all-in, pre-flop five-bet after which solidifying it with a powerful call against fullhouseiii:
IMS DURNK took over the match from that point, winning five of the following seven pots before losing with K♦ J♦ to an all-in fullhouseiii's Q♦ 6♦. That prompted Odintsov Spb to get aggressive and win three of the following four, within the process crawling back to within four big blinds of taking the lead. After which the aggression tipped a bit of too far on the wrong moment.
The action started to be had #167 with IMS DURNK opening for 1.88M within the small blind Odintsov Spb three-bet to 3.6M and IMS DURNK called to bring a 6♥ 6♣ 3♣ flop. IMS DURNK check-called 2.4M there, and both players checked the 8♥ at the turn. When the 8♠ came at the river, IMS DURNK thought for a bit of before betting 7.77M into the 12.24M-chip pot. Another pause ended with Obintsov Spb moving all-in for 23.08M total - and IMS DURNK called immediately. The Norwegian tabled 9♣ 8♣ for a rivered full house, topping Odintsov Spb's stone cold bluff with Q♥ 5♣ and eliminating the Russian player in 3rd place ($115,635).
IMS DURNK's held 61.13M chips to fullhouseiii's 15.95M as heads-up began, but most of them would never be put into play again. The leader won the primary pot and not using a fight before the flop. Then available #169, fullhouseiii moved in for 14.75M at the button with A♣ 4♥ and IMS DURNK called with A♦ 9♣. Neither player improved at the 7♠ 6♥ 7♦ 2♠ 3♣ board, so the nine played and IMS DURNK claimed the pot - and with it this week's Sunday Million title.
fullhouseiii earned $169,598 for the runner-up finish, greater than four times up to the Norwegian's previous career best for winning the $109 Sunday Rebuy back in 2013. As for IMS DURNK, who had probably the most up-and-down path of any player at this final table, the win was worth $231,274.32. That's greater than 100 times the Finn's best score within the Sunday Million out of greater than a dozen previous cashes - and all after being all the way down to just two big blinds, too. That's an excellent Sunday result that IMS DURNK might be telling family and friends about for a very long time to come.
2/2/14 Sunday Million ($215 No-Limit Hold'em) results
Entrants: 7,709
Prize pool: $1,541,800
Places paid: 1,170
1. IMS DURNK (Finland) $231,274.32
2. fullhouseiii (Norway) $169,598
3. Odintsov Spb (Russia) $115,635
4. jl slz (Brazil) $77,706.72
5. R0bbed0es (Netherlands) $61,672
6. ArtemZ (Ukraine) $46,254
7. rava123 (Estonia) $30,836
8. Sytraxx (Netherlands) $17,730.70
9. rorschach550 (UK) $11,948.95
Jason Kirk is a contract contributor to PokerStars Blog.
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